Free Flowing Energy

A Guide to Emotional
Freedom Techniques (EFT)
Louise Woods, UK EFT Practitioner

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Important Note
EFT is a very flexible improvement tool that can be used for just about everything. In this guide I
refer to my own version of it, with which I have had extraordinary results. If you’d like to know more
please contact me directly. However, you can learn more about Gary Craig's original version at
www.emofree.com

While EFT has produced remarkable clinical results, it’s still considered to be in the experimental
stage and so practitioners and the public must take complete responsibility for their use of it.

Louise Woods is not a licensed health professional and offers EFT as a complementary therapist. The
techniques described in this book are not intended to diagnose, prescribe or treat any disease nor
are they intended as a substitute for medical care from a qualified professional.

This guide does not advocate the discontinuance of any prescribed medication or medical or
psychological care.

Ok, let’s get started...

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Emotional Freedom Techniques

EFT is a revolutionary technique that is easy to learn and extremely flexible. It can eliminate negative
emotions, get rid of fears and phobias, relieve stress and anxiety, reduce physical pain and improve
your sports performance.

This guide will introduce you to the wonderful world of EFT and I hope it inspires you to use EFT to
help yourself feel better.

Over the years I have gained so much from EFT which is why I love using it and teaching people how
to use it to help themselves.

How can one technique help so many different problems, I hear you ask? It’s because it removes the
blockages in your body’s energy system.

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Your body’s energy system

Your body contains a number of energy channels also called meridians which were first mapped by
the Chinese thousands of years ago. Think of them as internal plumbing, feeding energy to the
different organs in your body.

For us to be healthy, energy must flow freely through these channels so if one of them gets
‘blocked’ then, over time, physical illnesses can result.

It’s exactly the same as if the water pipes in your house were furred up with limescale, water won’t
flow freely around your house any more.

What causes blockages?

EFT is based on the following discovery statement:

“The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system”

So you could say that Energy Disruptions lead to Negative Emotions which in turn lead to Blockages

€ Energy disruptions happen to us all the time but often we don’t notice and the energy stays
stuck and we end up feeling yuck!

€ Negative emotions are caused by distressing memories which create a disruption in your
energy system just like an electrical “short”

When you experience something that reminds you of a distressing memory, your energy system
triggers a “short” which leads to the negative emotions you feel.

Let’s say you have a phobia about spiders. At some point you probably had a distressing experience
that created the original disruption to your energy system. So from then on every time you see a
spider, your body’s energy system “shorts” and you feel scared or anxious etc.

Distressing experiences like these are a form of trauma, which can happen in a matter of seconds
but affect us for years. Each time you remember the trauma your body “replays” the energy
disruption. Over time this disruption can intensify which, as you now know leads to blockages.

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EFT neutralises the initial trauma by removing the blockage in your energy system. You’ll still have
the memory but it’s disruption on your energy system is effectively removed by tuning into your
feelings about the trauma or event whilst tapping on specific energy channel points on your body.
It’s a bit like “earthing” a short circuit.

Tapping on specific points on your body helps calm and balance your energy system, neutralising
your feelings until they finally don’t affect you anymore.

Because EFT doesn’t require the traditional therapeutic approach of re-living each part of the trauma
until it “loses its effect on you” it’s usually quick to treat such traumas.

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The EFT Procedure

Whatever your problem is, the procedure to treat it with EFT is the same:

1. Describe / define the problem as specifically as possible then score it problem on a scale of 0
to 10.
2. Figure out a ‘setup’ phrase which acknowledges your problem and creates self-acceptance
even though you’ve got it.
3. Start tapping on your body whilst repeating a reminder phrase.
4. Figure out your score again and repeat the tapping again if necessary. Sometimes one round
will be enough, other times you may need to tap many rounds.

Where to Tap
Tapping points are located on the head, face, upper body and hands. Tapping on these points sends
energy down the channels and clears any blockages. EFT is known as a mind/body technique
because you are physically tapping on your body whilst you are focussing on your issue at the same
time. It is this unique approach that makes EFT so effective.

Which Hand to Use/Side of Body to Tap

Most people use their dominant hand to do the tapping, as this feels more natural. You can tap
either side of the body or both at the same time. Experiment and see which feels more comfortable
for you.

Intensity of Tapping
Using one or two fingers, tap as if you were intending to make a noise on a table top and gently
enough not to cause yourself any pain or discomfort. Practise on the back of your hand for a while
until you feel you have the right pressure.

Then try tapping on each of the points, without saying anything, just to get used to tapping them. If
you try this a few times, it’ll be easier and more familiar when you actually start working on a real
issue.

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Detailed EFT Procedure

The basic steps can be broken down as follows:

1. Assess the problem

2. Create the statements A.C.T
3. Tap on the problem

1. Assessing the Problem

Take a deep breath, relax and try to describe / define the problem as specifically as possible. This will
help you really tune in to the right energy disruption.

Score the problem on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the worst. For example if you had a headache
0 would mean you felt absolutely fine and 10 would be the maximum pain it could be. Take your
best guess as to what this value is.

If you can’t give it a number or if you are working with a child then use your hands, like a fisherman
would show you the size of his catch. Far apart means it’s the maximum intensity/problem and
hands touching means no intensity/problem.

Handy Hint: the more specific you can be the better results you’re likely to get.

Example: A headache with a score of 8.

2. Creating the Statements

Now you need to create setup and reminder phrases which also need to be as specific as possible.

The setup phrase has the following format:

€ “Even though {name problem} I deeply and completely accept myself” or
€ “Even though {name emotion} I deeply and completely accept myself” or
€ “Even though {name physical pain} I deeply and completely accept myself”

Examples
€ Even though I have this banging headache behind my right eye, I deeply and completely
accept myself.
€ Even though I’m terrified of spiders, I deeply and completely accept myself.
€ Even though I’m so stressed out because of my job, I deeply and completely accept myself.
€ Even though I’m worried I’ll never get pregnant, I deeply and completely accept myself.
€ Even though I’m scared of speaking to people, I deeply and completely accept myself.
€ Even though I really crave this cigarette, I deeply and completely accept myself.
€ Even though I really want to eat this chocolate cake, I deeply and completely accept myself.
€ Even though I’m angry at my mother for lying to me, I deeply and completely accept myself.

Repeat your set-up phrase three times whilst tapping on the karate chop point or rubbing your sore
spot (see diagram). This gets over any internal resistance you have to overcoming the problem and
instils a sense of acceptance of yourself even though you have the problem.

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The reminder phrase is a summary of the problem and has the following format:
“{this problem}”, “{this emotion}” or “{this physical pain}”

Example
€ “This banging headache behind my right eye”
€ “I really want to eat this chocolate cake”
€ “I’ll never get pregnant”
€ “I’m scared of talking to people”

3. Tapping Points

Karate Chop point

The Karate chop point lies on the side of either hand, between the base of
the little finger and the crease of the wrist. It is the fleshy part where you
would do a karate chop.

Sore Spot
The sore spots are located on the upper left or upper right chest, about 3 inches
down and 3 inches left or right below your ‘u’ shaped notch in your breastbone.
Rub around this area of your chest and it should feel slightly sore. Ensure when
you rub that it doesn’t hurt, though it might be a bit tender. This area is an area
where lymphatic congestion occurs and rubbing it disperses it.

Tap about 7 times on each of the following meridian points whilst saying out
loud your Reminder phrase and focussing on the problem fully.

EB – Beginning of the eyebrow

SE – Side of the eye (on the socket bone)
UE – Under the eye (mid eye on the socket bone)
UN – Under the nose
CH – Under the lower lip (on the chin)
CB – Collarbone (just below where collarbone joins
breastbone)
UA – Under the arm (about 4” under the armpit, on
the side of the body. Mid bra-strap for women. In
line with the nipple for men)
TH – Outside edge of Thumb*
IF – Outside edge of Index finger*
MF – Outside edge of Middle finger*
LF – Outside edge of Little finger*
CR – Crown of head, towards the back
* = At the point in line with the base of the nail.

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Example
Eyebrow (EB) - this banging headache behind my right eye
Side of the eye (SE) - this banging headache behind my right eye
Under the eye (UE) - this banging headache behind my right eye
Under the nose (UN) - this banging headache behind my right eye
Chin (CH) - this banging headache behind my right eye
Collarbone (CB) - this banging headache behind my right eye
Under armpit (UA) - this banging headache behind my right eye
Thumb (TH) - this banging headache behind my right eye
Index Finger (IF) - this banging headache behind my right eye
Middle Finger (MF) - this banging headache behind my right eye
Little Finger (LF) - this banging headache behind my right eye
Crown of head (CR) - this banging headache behind my right eye

Now perform the Nine Gamut Procedure.

Tap continuously on the point between the little and fourth finger (either
hand), wrist side of the knuckle as you:

1) Close your eyes

2) Open your eyes
3) Look hard down to the right (keeping your head still)
4) Look hard down to the left (keeping your head still)
5) Circle your eyes clockwise (keeping your head still)
6) Circle your eyes anti-clockwise (keeping your head still)
7) Hum a bar of a song (Happy Birthday is often used, but any song
will do)
8) Count from 1 to 5
9) Hum a bar of a song again.

Now repeat the tapping of the meridian points (eyebrow to crown of head) whilst repeating your
reminder phrase. i.e.

Eyebrow (EB) - this banging headache behind my right eye

Side of the eye (SE) - this banging headache behind my right eye

And so on until you reach the crown of the head.

Congratulations, you’ve just completed a round of EFT! Rest your hands and take a deep breath.

How does your problem, emotion or pain score now?

If it’s zero then you are complete. If not then do some subsequent rounds until your score is zero.
Don’t worry if you need to do this, it’s very common.

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Subsequent Rounds
For subsequent rounds you’ll need to change your setup & reminder phrases to reflect the progress
you have made, however small it may seem.

Do this by inserting the words still and remaining in your set-up phrase for example;

€ “Even though I still have some of this banging headache behind my right eye, I deeply and
completely accept myself”
€ “Even though I’m still terrified of spiders, I deeply and completely accept myself”
€ “Even though I’m still worried I’ll never get pregnant, I deeply and completely accept
myself”

Subsequent reminder phrases also use the words like remaining / still / some of etc to reflect that
there is a portion of it left for example;

€ “Remaining banging headache behind my right eye”

€ “Still terrified of spiders”
€ “Remaining worry I’ll never get pregnant”

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Testing

There are a few ways to test that your score is really down to zero.

With something like a headache, just feel how much your head hurts after the rounds.

With a physical pain in your body try gently moving in a way that would normally cause discomfort
but please don’t injure yourself – you are responsible for your own welfare here!

With emotions like fear then you could try to evoking a reaction by closing your eyes and visualising
the cause of your fear but again please ensure you keep yourself safe and do not attempt anything
dangerous.

If you can’t evoke an emotional response to the problem, you can attempt to test ‘in real life
situation’ e.g. look at a spider if you had a fear of them, take a ride in a lift, go to the top of a tower
block etc. Please use commonsense and avoid any dangerous situations!

If after thoroughly testing with either visualisation or ‘real life’ tests you cannot evoke any reaction
in yourself, then you are finished with that issue.

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Aspects
Problems are often made up of different pieces just like a jigsaw puzzle so a great way to resolve
issues more effectively is to break your problem into pieces or aspects then tap on each one.

For example if you thought about all the different aspects that made you afraid of spiders you might
come up with a list like this:

€ Don’t like the look of them

€ Hate the way they move
€ Yucky sticky webs
€ Too many legs

These might come easily to you, or you might have to do a little digging to work them out. Getting
help from a friend or partner is a great way flesh out all the different aspects of your
problem/phobia.

For complex issues, nothing beats working with an EFT practitioner who has been trained to help
you get to the root cause of your issue – that could be me or someone else. I offer EFT sessions by
phone worldwide. Simply call or email me to arrange your free confidential chat to see if you would
like to work with me.

Checkout these websites for a list of practitioners:

http://www.eftregister.com (UK)
http://www.tappinginternational.com (worldwide)

There could be hidden aspects to your issue that might not be obvious when you first start tapping.
Unexpected thoughts and memories can pop up when you are tapping so whilst you might be
tapping on how you hate the look of spiders, you may suddenly remember your Grandma freaking
out and screaming when she saw a spider when you were 3.

This is probably the memory that will get you the results and could well be the trigger that caused
your energy disruption. If this happens to you just tap on whatever you felt about that incident for
example:

“Even though Grandma scared me when she screamed because she saw a spider, I deeply and
completely accept myself”.

“Even though Grandma freaked me out and made me scared of spiders too, I deeply and
completely accept myself and forgive my Grandma as she was just scared.”

Again there may be different aspects to this particular memory that you need to tap on. The key is to
keep tapping on each particular aspect until they are all at zero. Quite often you won’t need to tap
on all of them. Once you have tapped on enough of them or “the main aspect” then usually all the
other aspects get resolved. Remember to test after each aspect is down to zero, to ensure it is fully
resolved.

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Shortcuts
Even though an EFT round is very quick, there are even shorter versions available. I highly
recommend that you use the full EFT round when you first start to ensure you become familiar and
well experienced with it.

Once you feel comfortable with the technique and it is easy to remember, you can try out the
shortcuts.

Shortcut 1 - Missing out the fingers

You can miss out tapping the fingertips so the tapping sequence becomes:

€ Eyebrow (EB)
€ Side of Eye (SE)
€ Under the eye (UE)
€ Under the nose (UN)
€ Chin (CH)
€ Collarbone (CB)
€ Under the arm (UA)
€ Crown of the head (CR)

Many people find that they get just as good a result this way and it means the sequence is that bit
quicker to perform.

Shortcut 2 - Missing out the 9 gamut sequence

You can also try missing out the 9 gamut sequence and perform just the set-up and the tapping
sequence. Then check your score again. If you made progress then you probably don’t need to use
the 9 gamut sequence.

If you didn’t make any progress then keep it in but remember that if your results don’t seem to be as
good then you can just add it back in again. You’ll find after a while that you’ll know when you need
it.

Shortcut 3 - Your point

Over time you may notice that certain EFT tapping points seem to affect you more than others. The
key is to be observant during your tapping. You may feel tingling after tapping a certain point, for
example. Many people find that there is one particular point which seems to have quite a profound
effect on them.

If you notice a point that affects you more than others you can use it to your advantage in certain
circumstances like when you feel anxious or stressed. You will still probably need to use the full
sequence for most issues but try experimenting! You may even manage to do this in public, without
drawing too much attention to yourself.

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Overcoming Blocks to Progress

Sometimes people feel their progress seems slow so the following hints can be very helpful at these
times.

1. Be more specific. You could be generalising too much. Try breaking down the problem some
more and being as specific as possible.

2. Be persistent, be persistent, be persistent!!!! – keep tapping on all the different aspects and
emotions. Sometimes issues respond really quickly and sometimes they need more work. If you
don’t get results straight away then keep at it.

3. Shout it out. If your results are really slow then try speaking louder or even shouting the setup
and reminder phrases. You might need to put more energy/focus into it. Ensure you do the full
EFT round, including the Gamut sequence.

4. Re-hydrate yourself. If the problem does not respond try drinking some water and take a few
deep breaths before resuming tapping again.

5. Move it! Try getting up and moving around and taking a break outside and getting some fresh
air.

6. Eliminate toxins. There could be environmental toxins interfering with your results. These could
be electrical equipment (e.g. TVs, computers etc) or something you are wearing (e.g. man-made
fibres or perfume/deodorants). It could also be you have eaten a food that interferes with your
energy system. It can be helpful to keep a note of things that cause reactions in you and avoid
them if possible. Try moving to another location, e.g. outdoors in the fresh air.

If you are still not getting results after trying these then please contact a practitioner to help you.
EFT has a very high success rate and sometimes you just need a helping hand.

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Try it on Everything!
Gary Craig the founder of EFT is often quoted as saying “Try it on everything”. His website
(http://www.emofree.com) contains many testimonials on a wide variety of issues. The fact is EFT is
still relatively new and no-one yet knows the full potential of it. These are therefore exciting times. I
encourage you to try tapping on all sorts of issues, emotions, pains etc that you have. Even if you
think EFT won’t work on that, just try it. At the very least, EFT will probably help you see the issue in
a new light, or you might feel differently about it. Please remember to use caution here too – please
do not attempt to treat someone else’s long standing trauma if you are not qualified to do so. You
do need to remember some common sense.

Documentary Film
There is a documentary film called “The Tapping Solution” that introduces EFT wonderfully. It
follows the story of 10 people who attend an EFT workshop, in the USA. It follows their progress
from pre-workshop, to post-workshop and there are many amazing transformations along the way.
It also features many of the world’s leading experts in EFT (e.g. Carol Look & Patricia Carrington) and
self development (e.g. Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor). This film is a fantastic way to introduce family,
friends, neighbours and co-workers to the benefits of EFT. To purchase the film visit:
http://www.thetappingsolution.com

EFT has been used to help a wide variety of problems including:

€ Physical pain
€ Stress
€ Anxiety/panic attacks
€ Fears/phobias
€ Confidence building
€ Infertility
€ Weight loss
€ Stop smoking and other addictions
€ Anger
€ Guilt
€ Grief and loss
€ Insomnia
€ Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
€ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
€ Negative memories
€ Abuse
€ Allergies
€ Enhancing peak performance (sports, public speaking)

I hope that you have enjoyed learning EFT and are beginning to start using this amazing tool to
positively enhance your life. I love to hear how EFT has helped people, so please feel free to email
me - louise@freeflowingenergy.co.uk. If you would like an EFT session with me then please contact
me. I offer phone sessions for your convenience and comfort. Full details are on the website.

Keep on tapping – your health is at your fingertips.

Louise Woods

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